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A TTORNE Y UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BRYAN GEORGE MOSWYNY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BOOT OR SHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 440,409, dated November11, 1890.

Application filed December 23, 1889- Serial No. 334,766- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BRYAN GEORGE Mc- SWYNY, a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, residing at 240 Broadway, New York, in the county ofNew York and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Boots and Shoes, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact specification.

My invention relates to boots and shoes; and it has for its object theforming or shap ing of the upper, whereby a better fit is obtained,thereby insuring more comfort to the wearer.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 shows my improved upper suitable forlaced shoes. Fig. 2 shows a heel-counter. Fig. 3 shows the upper andcounter in form and position. Fig. 4 shows an upper suitable for abutton-shoe. Fig. 5 is a plan showing all features of my invention in abutton-shoe. Fig. 6 shows different flaps for buttoning.

A represents the upper made in one piece and shaped for laced-shoepurposes, as follows: Downward on a slight angle from a to b, outwardand downward from b to 0, outward on a curve line from c to d, outwardon a slanting line from d to e, upward and outward from 6 to f, and on astraight line, or nearly so, from f to g. The lower edge describescurves downward, upward, and outward, as shown.

When the upper is used for a button-shoe the shape thereof is slightlydifferent. (See Fig. 4.) On the right hand, from k to Z, the line of cutis downward and outward on a slight angle, from Z to m upward andoutward, from m tondownward and inward, from n to 0 downward andoutward, from 0 to 10 downward nearly vertically, from p to q upward andoutward, and from g to r straight outward, or nearly so.

On the left-hand side the upper is shaped difierently, and as follows:Outward and downward from s to a, curved downward and outward from u to'v, upward and outward from o to w, downward and outwardfrom w to 00,curved downward, outward, and upward from a: to y, and straight, ornearly so, outward from y to The lower edges of the upper describes acurve running downward, outward, upward, and inward.

In Figs. 1, 2, and 3 the hole 71 in the upper and the elongated part ofthe counter is designed to take the place of straps heretofore used.

In Fig. 4, for a button-shoe, the flap ff for buttoning or buckling, anda flap P, adapted and the pieces crimped to pad the instep, are integralwith the upper, as described, and assume the position shown in Fig. 5when lasted into form. The hole hand counter B are the same as in thebefore-described Figs. 2 and 3.

A boot or shoe made with my improved upper, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4.,is especially suited to tender feet and for the use of stout persons.

What I claim is The improved shoe-upper herein described, composed ofthe piece A, cut of the shape described and adapted to form, whencrimped,

overlapping flaps fand P over the instep, the.

former, when folded, to form scalloped buttonhole pieces and the latterto pad the instep, said piece havinga hole h near its central upper rearedge, and the counter B, having a hole in its vertical portion andsecured within the upper A at the heel thereof, with the holes in thetwo parts coincident, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set myhandt-his 10th day of December, 1889.

BRYAN GEORGE MCSVVYNY.

